Improved hitch-hook



@anni @twine GEORGE W. CHANDLER, MASON, NEW HAMPS HIRE, AssIeNoRvTo HIM- SELF AND' CALVIN SEARLE, OF'SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 106,549, dated .August 23, '1.8iI 0.

I'M'PRovED BITCH-Hook..

y The Schedule referred to n-these Letters Patent and making part of the saine.

To all uhom fitnuly concern: Y

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CHANDLER, of Mason, 1u the county of Hillsborough, in the State of New Hampshire, have 4invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hitch-Hooks, for fastening harness-reius, clot-hesliucs, or for other purposes; and.

VI do herebydeclare the tbllowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, -reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a fro-nt view of `my hitch-hook;

Figure 2 lepreseuts a central vertical section ofthe same ou line A B, fig. 1; and v Figure 3 represents a horizontal section on line C' D, iig. 1.

"lo enable thoseskilled Vin the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more i`u detail.

The objectot' my invention lisV to provide a hitcl1- hook for holdingr clothes-lines, harness-reins, and'ot-her cords, straps, 0r chains, in suoli a way that they can b readily be attached to or disconnected therefrom in a simple and convenient manner without tying or knotting.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiarlyconstructed hitch-hook, the parts of which are arranged substantially as hereinafter described.V

The part marked A represents the bed-piece or fasteningplate, by means ot' which the hook is attached to a post, fence, building, or other support.

` Openings (t are formed through the plate A, for the recept-ion of the screws, bolts, or spikes, by which it is secured.

Eye-pieces d are formed upon the central part of the plate A, and hinged thereto is a swinging back plate, B, provided with oblique anges or cheeks O, which latter project forward at right angles with the plate B, and .are connected to each oth`er, at their lpwer li'ontocorners, by a ring, D,assl1owu in the drawing. A y The cheeks G are inclined toward each other at `their lower ends, between which there is left au open space, sulicien-tly wide to 'receive the cord', strap, or cli-ain E to be held. l

A verticalslot, b, is formed inthe center of the back plate B, in which is secured a rightfaugled slide, F,-which projects to the front for :i distance equal to the width ot' the cheek C, and terminates with an upward-curved horn, G, while thev lower'horizontal edges of the slide F are provided with cylindrical lipsV c, so airangedthat they will. `inst till. the space between the lower endsof the cheeks C when the slide F is p moved to the end of the slot b.

To hitchthe strap or cord E to the hook, all .that is required is simply to double the ends of 'the strap togetheiyandpass the-loop thus formed up vthrough the ringDand over the horn G, at the same timeV raising the slide F sufficiently to allow the ends of the strap E to enter between the cheeks O and cylindrical lip c, when they will be firmly clamped by drawing down the slide F, and the greater the amount of tension or strain upon one or both ends of the strap, the stronger will be its hold, as it draws the slide E more closely between the inclined cheeks C.

To disengage the-strap or cord from the hitch-hook, the operator takes hold ot' the horn G and raises the slide F, when the strap can readily be removed -by simply throwing the loop off from the horn G.

, It will be observed tha-t my improved hitch-hooks very convenient of operation, while it will hold thestrap or cord with a strain upon one or both ends without allowing it to slip. For'iustance, when usedA Ifor a clothes-line hitch, the other end will not be dropped, as with'an ordinary hook, but will be tirmly h'eld in place. Andagain, when used asa horse-hitch, the rein can beattachedv without the trouble of uubuckling it from the holder, by simply passing a -porllion of it through the ring Dand over the horn G, as before stated.

It will' also be observed that the position of the ring D is such that the rein cannot be drawuforwtu'd, and thereby cleared from between the cheeks G, but is so arranged that any strain or pull upon the ends of the rein will tend to draw the slide F close between the cheeks() and increase its hold, regardless of the direction in which the rein is pulled.

The hinge d also allows the hook to swing outward with any strain from that direction, so that the hook is not'liable to get broken by any sudden strain.

- The rear part of the slide F is i'u this instance cast in the forwardpart thereof, and the slide slipped into place in the slot b before the back plate B is 'lliiuged lto the disk A.

Y My improved hitch-hook will hold straps, cords. ropes, yor chains with equal facility. lIt is easy and convenient of operation, simple in construction, and

not liable to get out of order.

Having described my improvements in hitch-hooks', that I clailn as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1'. The combination of the slide F with the oblique cheeks Gv C, substantially as and .for the purposes set forth.

2. The eombinatiomwitli,the oblique cheeks C C l and ring D, ot' the slide F and curved horn G, sub-l stantially as and for `the purposes herein set forth.

3. A hitch-hook for holding harness-reins,.clothes-` lines, and for other purposes, the parts of which are constructed and combined together, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

GEO. WV. CHANDLER.

Witnesses :v

HENRY I. WHITNEY, N. Y. OLIVER. 

